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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
The Belfast Murder Trial.

BELFAST, Jan. "a.
The ties timony in the murder trial was
concluded at 3 o'clock. The argument TOR
the prisoner was commenced, lasting until
adjournment. The points relied on are ab'
sence of motive, no accusation by the de-
ceased and probable suicide. The case will
reach the jury tomorrow afternoon.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
II the Sufferers from Consumption,

Scrofula, and General Debility, will try
Scotts Emulsion of Pure Cod Liver Oil.
with Hypophosphites, they will find immediate
relief and permanent benefit. DR.. II. v.
Mott, Brentwood, CAL, writes ~ have used
SCOTS Emulsion with great advantage in
cases of Phthisis, Scrofula and Wasting
Diseases generally. 1t is very palatable."
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

FIrs.-All fits stopped free by DIR. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. No fits after first
days use. Marvellous cures. Treatise and
$500 trial bottle free to fit cases. Send to
DIR. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Philadelphia. Pa.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
Visitors at ThomastOn. .
THoMAsroN, Jan. "a.

THOMASTON, Jan. Zf.
The committee from the legislature ar
rived here this evening on visit to the
State Prison. Four of the Governors Coun-
Gil are with them. They remain until We'd
nesday forenoon and will visit Rockland to-
morrow evening.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
Postmaster Appointed.

WARRINGTON, Jan. "a.
The Postmaster General has appointed
Anne M. Emery to be postmaster at Bass
vile, Maine.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

Know thyself by reading the "Science Of
Life" the best medical work ever published,
for young and middle-aged men.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
BY TELEGRAPH,
" ESIfiER RfssstRy
indications for the Next "a Hours.

War Department,
Office of the Chief Signal Officer,
washington, ID. c., Jan. 25.-. A. N.
For Maine, colder northwest winds; fair
weather, preceded by snow in the eastern
portion.
For the rest of New England, cold north
west, shifting to warmer southerly, winds ::
'air weather. Cautionary northwest signals
continue from Sandy Hook to Eastport.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

Church.
"EAsr AUBURN, Me.
"Adamson's Botanic Balsam Is truly spe-
cific. NV lungs and throat were in an in
famed and almost congested condition from
which have been cured by the use of Adam
sons Balsam."
Price 10 cents, 35 cents, and Is cents.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

Mrs. A. D: Chandler, Derby. Vermont, writes: 81
think Dr: Seth Arnold's Indian Vegetable Sugar
Coated Pills the best I ever used"
DR.. Seth Arnold's Soothing and Quieting Cordial
for children. Recommended by mothers and nurses
&c.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25

Nothing succeeds like success. Bells Ssr-
saparilla, only years before the public, has
won splendid record. &. Sweet & Bros,
Wholesale Druggists, Bangor, Me-, say,
1--WE believe from our increasing sales this
Sarsaparilla is a preparation of merit" (Only
80 cts per bottle) jan25d&wlw
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-01-25
Brace I'm.

You are feeling depressed, your appetite is
poor, and you are bothered with Headache,
you are tidgety, nervous, and generally out
of sorts, and want to brace up. Brace up.
but not with stimulants, spring medicines, or
bitters, which have for their bases very
cheap, bad whiskev, and which stimulate YOU
for an hour, and then leave YOU in worse
condition than before. What you want is an
alternative that will purify your blood, start
healthy action of Liver and Kidneys, restore
your vitality, and give renewed health and
strength. Such a medicine you will find in
Electric Bitters, and only 80 cents bottle at
Devne and Coughln's Drug Store.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
The I.inns We HINT

Another of our follies in things social Is the
zeal with which we hunt down lions, no mat
ter of what kind The heroine of q divorce
court, the hero Of a gigantic failure, the
possessor of a splendid fortune, the writer Of
doubtful book called clever and warranted
audacious, the gallant leader Of a forlorn
hope, the noble standard-bearer of an un-
popular cause; it matters not who nor what
the lion may be, nor whether honorable or
ignoble So long as he is notorious, 50 long
as she is one for whom men will mass them
selves in crowds to see her as she passes, and
dress and copy what they can remember,
each is equally welcome in the social me-
nagerie, and the lion hunter rejoices n his
bag.
Such society as our present would have
ionized Judas Iscariot. It does honize its
Judas as things are; and its Mary Magdalsnes
have no need of repentance. The world likes
them better, indeed, unrepentant, and prefers
the roses and rapture to the lilies and languor.
Those who do not care for this kind OF thing
are looked on as souls devoid Of animation;
mere clogs and logs and stocks and stones in
the social millrace, and men and women Sof
no account" 1t is distinctly understood that
dishonor, with g certain social standing, is no
disqualification. The hard old days, when Q
mans spurs where hacked of If he had for
feitei his honor, and was no longer held fit
to be classed among the preux chevahers OF
his time-these days have melted away into
kind Of twilight Of the gods. where good and
evil pass into each other so intimately As not
to leave line of demarkation visible.-Ths
Forum
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
NOTES ON ART.

What is known as the GLiver" Society Of
Artists has its home in Liverpool, and de-
veloped from an amateur skstching club into
an association of calculable local Importance.
If the munifcence which for the last few
months has so plentifully enriched the Metro
politan museum, New York, becomes chronic
that institution will after q while compare
favorably with any other Of its kind in the
world.
The fifty eighth exhibition Of the Royal
Hibernian academy, Dublin, is pronounced
scarcely equal 70 rnUsc Of FORMER years. The
two Osbornes, Mr.. McGuinness and Mr..
Yeates are the only artists mentioned with
applause.
1t is thought that spot in Madison squars,
New York, a little TO the east of the center,
viii be occupied by the granite pedestal bear
ing life size bronze statue Of the late Presf-
dent Arthur, which it is proposed to erect
Subscriptions amounting to more than &15,-
900 have already been secured
The Society of the Sons of the Revolution
could have determined upon the carrying out
of no more appropriate project than that OF
erecting a monument to the memory Of
Nathan Hale, and the selection Of the north
west corner of City Hall park. New York, as
the site, being near the place Of execution,
also commands itself.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

LATER and more complete news of
the bloody massacre at Oak Ridge, La,
shows that its net result was the killing
of one white man by negroes who res
sisted arrest at the hands of an irrespon-
sible party of whites, the killing of six
negroes in the fight, the banging by a
mob of four negroes who were captured
at the time, of another colored man who
was taken from Jail the next day and
lynched in broad daylight, and the run
ming down and hanging of still another
negro day later. That is, twelve ne
groes were killed, half of them on the
spot aud half in cold blood. within the
next two days, to avenge the death of
one white man killed In fight. There
is little need of commenting upon such
facts. The bare narrative tells its own
story of cruelty and bloodthirsty law
lessness 1t shows the state of terror>
ism in which the Southern negroes are
kept, and convicts the white inhabitants
of Morehouse parish, In which the
bloody chapter of crime was written, Of
barbarlsm and inhumanity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

THE recent upward movement of wool
is thus explained by the Chicago Wool
Journal:
In the season of 1886 wool opened
lower in the country than it did this
year, but soon after the woods we're &C
cumulated at the distributing points an
advance took place. This fact was
something the growers and local dealers.
who had then disposed of their woods,
were not slow to notice, and the conse-
quence was that when this season open
ed the growers of choice woods we're not
willing to sell at the prices of last year.
1t was well understood by all who were
interested in the wool trade that the
clip of this country, especially of the
bright unwashed medium and low woods,
was much less than that of last year
Feeling sure of this and spurred up by
the remembrance of last years advance,
the local dealers were not long in max
king up their minds to sccede in part to
the demands Of the growers and secure
supply of these choice early woods.
When this point of the trade was reach
ed, the agents of manufacturers buying
in the country were obliged to follow
the market, and the result has been that
the advance which took place last season
after the woods were accumulated in
the distributing markets. and by which
the dealers and manufacturers were
benefited, took place this season in the
country, and the growers have been the
lucky recipients of the enhanced value.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

DURING the war, while the "rebs" lay
encamped around Wrightsville and the
hills were thick with boys in gray, when
the connonading cod be distinctly heard
at Gettysburg, Absalom Emswiler, with
a few assistants, took cannon across
the river, drew it up to Round Top. one
of the highest peaks of the York hills
along the Susquehanna, unfurled the
star spangled banner to the July breezes
and fired national salute in the faces
of the Confederates on that memorable
Fourth. He has done this every Fourth
of July since then, and in spite of his
10 years done it this year, and. he says
will do it as long as he Is able to creep
He has met with many drawbacks in bis
work. Vandals on several occasions
have cut down the flagstaff. One time
he was refused boat to cross the river,
and unpatriotie citizens have refused
him financial aid to purchase a banner.
1t takes new one every year, the win
the blasts soon Tapping the banner to
pices.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14


THE President will not hear the last
of his rebel flag order so long as he re
mains in public life At Ellsworth, Me-,
Oh the Fourth. an enthusiastic Demo
crat suspended large campaign ban
Der bearing picture of Cleveland over
one of the streets. When the Grand
Army procession got near it, they refus-
ed positively to march beneath it, be-
cause of the Presidents late blunder
anent the return of the rebel colors and
his marked opposition to to pension
legislation. The Mayor Of the city res
monstrated, but in vain. and finally had
to break into the house and remove the
obnoxious banner before the old soldiers
would resume their march. 4 large
proportion of the Grand Army men were
Democrats, and joined with the Repub
licans in demanding the removal of the
banner, their objection being wholly to
the man whose picture adorned it. And
yet we are told Mr.. Cleyeland's flag or
der had no effect in decreasing his pop
ularity.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
Glimpses Of Goethe.
K 10 axes the workman.

Work N axes the workman.
Only q master can further art.
There Is no wisdom save in truth.
Originality challenges originality.
The smallest hair casts its shadow.
Every one must think in his own way.
Everybody can detect an error but not
a lie.
We only acknowledge him who is of
use to US.
We do not possess what we do not
understand.
Mannerism is produced by missing the
ideal.
There are two peaceful powers: just
ice and fitness.
Blowing is not playing the flute; you
must use your fingers.
We are really alive when we enjoy
the good will of others.
A great mistake: To hold oneself too
high and rate oneself too cheap.
The best result to be derived from
history is the enthusiasm it kindles.
Unlimited activity of whatever kind
must at last end in bankruptcy.
If man will perform all that people
require of him, he must overrate him
self.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

WHERE were Grover Cleveland and
Secretary Endicott when Gov. Foraker
was sendidg tents to stricken Charles
tonp Where were they when General
Fairchild was visiting Charleston for
the G A r, in order that he might re-
port on the needs of the helpless and
rouse the veterans of the North to aid
themP 1t seemed that MIR. Cleveland
was out fishing, and that his kid-gloved
Secretary was taking his ease among
the silk-stockinged Democracy of Mass.
achusetts. Both President and Secreta-
were utterly unmoved by the sufferings
of women and chileren at the time of
the earthquake, and did not lift their
fingers to help. 1t comes, therefore,
with bad grace from Mr.. Cleveland to
speak of Gov. Foraker and Gen. Fair.
child as traffickers in sectional hate and
those in the South who are joining in
the cry must have very short memories.
Gin. Com. Gaz.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

DIR. J. H HEPBURN, of Reimersburg
Pa, is said to have in his possession a
table which once belonged to William
Penn. William Bradford. a New York
printer, bad it from his father and
grandfather, but did not prize it, and in
1920 gave it one time to the family of
one of bis apprentices, who were in dis
tress. This family became indebted to
J. H. Hepburn. of Gloucester, N. j., for
rent, and gave him the table it litiga>
tion. He was the father of its present
possessor. The table is of solid walnut,
and has two folding leaves. 1t is oval
in shape. There are two drawers. one
in each end, and it is 4 feet and inches
long and feet wide when the leaves are
raised 1t is very heavy and solidly
built, with no attempt at ornamentation.
An, offer of $500 was refused for
it. Bradford gave with the table four
chairs which had belonged to Penn. but
what became of them is unknown.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
Grains of Gold.

Conscience Is the hearts safety valve
Genius is only entitled to respect when
it promotes the peace and improves the
happiness of mankind.
The intelligent man will prize those
studies which will result in his soul get.
ting soberness, righteousness and wis.,
dom.
Be very careful that you give no re-
proachful words to any person. Good
words make friends; bad words make
enemies.
Cheerfulness throws sunlight on all
the paths of life. Peevishsess covers
with its dark fog even the most distant
horizon.
The use we make of our fortune de-
termines its sufficiency. A little is
enough If used wisely, and too much II
expended foolishly. s..-.---
If good people would but make good
ness agreeable, and smile instead of
frOwning in their virtue, how many
would they gain to the good causel
No one in anger is fit to estimate an
offense or redress wrong; and he who
attempts 1t is sure to have cause for re-
gret. if not for bitter repentance.
Take heed of jesting; many have been
ruined by it. 1t is hard to jest and not
sometimes jeer too; which Oftentimes
sinks deeper than we intended or ex>
pected.
Each time thou wishest to decide upon
performing some enterprise, raise thy
eyes to heaven, pray God to bless thy
project; if thou canst make that prayer,
accomplish thy work.
Of all the passions, jealousy is that
which exacts the hardest service. and
pays the bitterest wages. Its service is
to watch the success of our enemy; its
wages, to be sure of it.
1t is best to strive to cultivate an in
terest in simple, innocent and inexpen>
sive pleasures. We may thus aid 10 diff
fusing that spirit of contentment which
is of itself rich and permanent possess
sion.
The quarrelsome man not only poisons
the happiness of his family and friends
but also his own. He generates antago-
Dism. ill-feeling and dislike wherever he
vents his spleen. and these react on him
to his misery.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
The Case Briefly Stated.

While JEFF Davis holds on to life the
South will never lack frank and fear
less exponent of the Lost Cause There
is no one who more fully comprebends
the situation between the two sections
than be, and when he speaks be reflects
the sentiments of "our men" better than
those who attend reunions on Northern
battle6elds. No one in the South calls
him to account for declaring that the
struggle for the Southern Confederacy
was struggle for the right. and that
the men who fought for principle are
still hoping for the time when the gov
eminent will be re-established accord
ing to the constitution
1t is all important. of course, that
those who carried on the rebellion shall
be in some measure able to convince
themselves that whoever was in the
wrong. they were not. So we find JEFF
Davis taking occasion to say on the
Fourth of July, in reply to an address
by Capt. Downs, of the Continental
Guards of New Orleans. that the men
of the South had, through four years of
strife and sacrifice, sought to maintain
the great principle of the Declaration of
Independence, taking care to add:-'You
fought for the right, and let your chill
dren remember that their fathers were
neither rebels nor traitors
This is the case briefly stated, let the
defenders of President Cleveland and
the apologists of 'ex-Presiden' Davis
disguise and twist it as they may. The
restoration of fraternity between the
two sections depends upon the tacit All
mission by the North that there was
neither treason nor rebellion, but an un-
successful attempt on the part of the
seeding states to secure the rights
guaranteed them by the Constitution.
This is the condition of reconciliation
offered by the wronged party and
every Democrat North or South. who
places party above patriotism, insist on
the obliteration Of every trace of MAJ
tional triumph over sectional rebellion.
No Bourbon. who hopes to profit by tn,
solid South will dare to yindicate the
truth of history by declaring that those
who wilfully fought against the Union
we're rebels and traitors. As Repub+
lican contemporary fOrcibly remarks:-
If the North will submit permanently
to the destruction of free suffrage. the
practical reinstatement of the blacks
and the Southern domination of the
Union by usurped political authority it
will only need a few such apOlogetis
as the restoration of the rebel
flags to bring about the fraternity de-
sired by JEFF Davis and make 1t appear
that the North has abandoned nearly
everything for which it fought In the
late struggle with treason" Pitts. Com.
Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
ORIGIN OF A SAYING.
A Noted Lie-''It Wasn't g Good Day for
Ducks, Either"


In 1860, the year before the war, party Of
Northern Illinois hunters hied themselves to
the lakes Of Minnesota for an annual duck
hunt of few weeks, making the journey to
St Paul, which was at that time but little
more than frontier village by steamer
from Dubuque, Ia. Among the party was q
chap named Truax, a powerful liar, but a jolly,
good natured fellow withal, whose predomi-
nant weakness was readily excused, If not en-
tirely overlooked, by those who knew him well.
Abe, that being his first name, seemed to
struggle more recklessly and naturally with
the truth when talking about his proves as q
hunter of game than on any other subject.
One day, as the steamer was plowing its way
through Lake Pepin, a number Of the male
passengers were seated forward on the boiler
deck in little knots, passing the time away in
conversation. Abe was prominent figure in
one of the groups and had already astonished
himself fairly by the whoppers he had sue
cessfully got of, when the mission Of duck
hunting, the mission which himself and
friends were out on, was adverted to.
''pve shot few ducks in my tine," broke
in Abe, during a momentary lull in the talk.
@How many did you ever kill in one dayP
queried q cross eyed passenger from down
about Burlington.
%You may not belisve me, SIR" replied
Truax, shut in the late fall Of 81 went out
alone one morning about seven miles with
my dog and gun and brought home 300 ducks
by actual count, and it wasn't o very good
day for ducks eitherln
@You did that all alone In one tripg" asked
the cross eyed man as he put down soma
figures on an envelope with pencil he had
carelessly taken from his vest pocket. I
EYes, sir, did" said Truax, with a tinge
of i'll humor to his tone.
"Those ducks would weigh about two and
half pounds apiece. wouldn't they7" casually
remarked the Burlington man, as he kept on
making characters with his pencil
Il should say they would" remarked the
unsuspecting Abe.
@WeIl, them" said the persistent querist,
"you killed just $50 pounds of ducks; and II
you can tell me how one man Is able to lug
that weight seven miles, and carry gun as
the same time, you can do something that no
other liar in the northwest can match"
Abe reflected a minute, and with That's Q
whopper, isn't it, gentlemenI" he invited tho
whole party into the bar TO take something
at his expense
The remark, @And it wasn't good day for
ducks, either" was used banteringly on
Truax during the remainder Of the trip, and
in time it became common on the Mississippi,
whence it spread until it became one Of tho
proverbial Americanisms of the ims.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat. II
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14
Church Directory.

DRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. R.
l. Alexander, pastor. Public worship every
Sabbath morning and evening; Sabbath school
$50 a. m; young peoples society of Christian
endeavor, Monday evenings; general prayer
meeting, Wednesday evening. Strangers
welcome TO all services.
M ETUODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
UnRev. W. II. Haskell, pastor. Sabbath
preaching: II am; 7p.m. Sabbath School:
2:30 pm. Young mems meeting: Friday Z
pm; general prayer meeting: Thursday Z pm.
Strangers are cordially invited to all our
services.
TINTED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
u Rev. Thomas Balph, pastor. Sabbath
School. 10 am. Public worship: II am.
Weekly prayer meeting: Friday pm.
Monthly prayer meeting: Last Saturday Of
each month, pm Woman's Missionary
Society: Last Saturday each month, pm.
District prayer meetings: First Tuesdays,
Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays each
month, pm. Young women's prayer meet
ing: Second Saturday each month at the
Parsonage, 1 pm.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-07-14

MICHIGAN has new divorce law,
with some good features, which goes
into operation in September. 1t pro-
vides that the prosecuting attorney
shall appear for the people 10 every
divorce case commenced in which the
complainant or defendant is the father
or mother of any minor children. 1t is
intended to act as sort of brake to the
headloDg efforts of the various appli-
cants for divorce to secure their decree
and to stop many from securing q di-
vorce at all. The prosecuting attorney
must also be satisfied that there has
been no collusion between the parties.
Three out of five divorces are now
granted by pre-arraDged agreement,
no objection being interposed.